Death of the Bubble Riders in a Fatal Balloon Flight
A Brazilian inventor in Paris, M Severo, launches The Pax balloon, promising to return to Brazil. The craft explodes mid ascent, killing the machinist Sachet and Severo, injuring Mme Severo, and ending with Severo’s fortune lost and seven children left bereaved. Nearby observer Morin and Hiradsky die in the wreck. Separately, Paul Nocquet, a French American sculptor, attempts a Bronx to Atlantic flight in a small balloon. after a perilous journey across islands and marshes he perishes, leaving a will for his mother and sister and a final statue motif of mourning.
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Shakespeare
Severo
Paris
Pac Girard
Saint Benoit
Brazil
Fonds
Jesus
M. Severo
Sachet
Mme. Severo
The
Pax
Nocquet
Tom O'Bedlam
Paul Nocquet
France
Citizven
America
Society of American Artists
New York
Italy
Bronx
Litterati
Quaker City
Rosedale
Garden City
Aero Club
Lonely Jones Beach
Lam
Belgium
A Paris Balloon Tragedy Ends in Flight Disaster
In 1902 M de Brodsky a young French diplomat launched a 100 foot cigar shaped balloon in Paris with wife and crew. The craft, heavier than air, rose then drifted off course amid a southwest wind and crashed near Gonesse after the car detached. Rescue efforts freed De Brodsky and Moriv from the wreckage.
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Lucifer
Shakespeare
M. de Brodsky
Paris
M. Moriv
Issy-les Moulineaux
Montmarte
Steins
Gonesse
Aubert
Monsieur
Robert
de Bradsky
Morin
Ballo Street
Airship Dreams Rise in Berkeley Flight Ambition
In spring 108, John A Morrell plans a commercial air voyage as crowds gather in Berkeley California to witness a colossal ship. The ship, over one hundred feet long, is prepared to transport passengers along aerial routes as curiosity peaks around the venture.
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Berkeley
California
John A. Morrell
Golden Gate
Tragic Flight Ends in Wreck and Death at Fair
The article recounts a fatal balloon crash at a New England fair. Aeronaut Morrell aboard the colossal gas ship perished after the envelope burst and the crew and passengers were crushed or burned. A stowaway Australian Penfold survived with injuries. In a second tale, Chas. Oliver Jones known as the June Bug inventor died from burns after The Boomerang exploded over Waterville Maine, leaving a widow and three orphans.
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Morrell
Captain Penfold
Penfold
Ward
Chas. Oliver Jones
Alexander Graham Bell
Jones
Hammondsport
New York
Hudson River
New Jersey
Long Island Sound
New England
Central Maine
Waterville
Cloudland
Holloways Corn Cure Promises Wart and Corm Removal
An advertisement proclaims Holloways Corn Cure removes unsightly warts and painful corns. The product targets foot skin conditions with a quick claim of relief. It presents no medical claims or endorsements beyond the cure statement.
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Holloway
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Hiradsky
Mme. de Brodsky
Canton of
Tournon
Canada
Feyie
Great Britain
E. W. Gillett Co. Ltd
Toronto
Ont
Massinger
Fair Grounds
Dodds
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